The Routledge handbook of tourism and sustainability / edited by C. Michael Hall, Stefan Gössling and Daniel Scott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Colin Michael, 1961-

Gössling, Stefan.

Scott, Daniel, 1969-

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable tourism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Handbook of tourism and sustainability

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"Sustainability remains one of the major issues in tourism today. Concerns over climate and environmental change, the fallout from the global economic and financial crisis, and the seeming failure to meeting UN Millennium development goals have only reinforced the need for more sustainable approaches to tourism, however they be defined. Given the centrality of sustainability in tourism curricula, policies, research and practice it is therefore appropriate to prepare a state of the art handbook on the relationship between tourism and sustainability. This timely Handbook of Tourism and Sustainability is developed from specifically commissioned original contributions from recognised authors in the field, providing a systematic guide to the current state of knowledge on this area. It is interdisciplinary in coverage and international in scope through its authorship and content. The volume commences with an assessment of tourism's global environmental, e.g. climate, emissions, energy use, biodiversity, water use, land use, and socio-economic effects, e.g. economic impacts, employment and livelihoods, culture. This then provides the context for the following sections that describe the main theoretical frameworks and constructs that inform tourism and sustainability, management tools and approaches, and the approaches used in different tourism and travel industry sectors. The book concludes by examining emerging and future concerns in tourism and sustainability such as peak-oil, post-carbon tourism, green economy and transition tourism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. Introductory contexts to tourism and sustainability

part 2. Theoretical frameworks and concepts in tourism and sustainability

part 3. Management tools and concepts

part 4. Sectoral approaches to tourism and sustainability

part 5. Sustainable transport and mobility

part 6. Emerging issues and the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780203072332

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.